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8:55 AM ET, October 9, 2016

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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Scrambles to Salvage Election After Donald Trump's Latest Imbroglio  —  Republican candidates and party officials disavow presidential candidate, seek personal paths to political survival  —  A divided Republican Party descended into turmoil, as a startling chorus of GOP candidates …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
WHIP LIST: Republicans breaking with Trump  —  GOP lawmakers and elected officials are abandoning presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  in droves just one month before Election Day after audio emerged of him making sexually obscene remarks about groping women.
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
With less than a month to go, a major party is walking away from its nominee  —  With less than a month to go before the election, a major political party is poised to walk away from its own presidential nominee — a situation with few precedents in American political history.
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Former RNC chair: Trump campaign can't be salvaged  —  A former chairman of the Republican National Committee said there's not much hope left for Donald Trump  —  or the GOP this cycle.  —  In an interview with Mother Jones, Michael Steele said there's no way Trump can recover from the damage …
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Why Republicans Are Probably Stuck With Donald Trump
Discussion: Politico and The Mahablog
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Dump Trump, Now More Than Ever
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
Jordyn Phelps Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Trump Vows 'Zero Chance I'll Quit' in Wake of Fallout From His Vulgar Comments
Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton team girds for all-out assault  —  The bombshell Donald Trump video that surfaced Friday has so dramatically altered expectations for Sunday's town hall debate that one Democrat close to Bill and Hillary Clinton had a new view of what may unfold in St. Louis: “Expect Armageddon.”
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump just retweeted Juanita Broaddrick calling Bill Clinton a rapist.  All bets are now off.  —  In the wake of a newly released video showing Donald Trump talking in very lewd terms about women, he strongly suggested he would now take this opportunity to compare his own indiscretions to Bill Clinton's.
Louis Nelson / Politico:   Trump puts Clinton on watch by retweeting Juanita Broaddrick
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
“Shame On You!”:  Trump Supporters Clash With Republican Leaders  —  ELKHORN, Wisconsin — In a jarring illustration of the chaos now engulfing the Republican Party, supporters of Donald Trump clashed bitterly with GOP leaders at a rally here Saturday — booing elected officials …
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Donald Trump / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Nancy O'Dell Reacts to Donald Trump Recording
CNN:
Donald Trump to Howard Stern: It's okay to call my daughter a ‘piece of ass’  — Topics Trump discussed: Ivanka's physique, having sex with women on their menstrual cycles. and leaving women after they reach the age of 35.  —  (CNN)Warning: This story contains graphic language.
Washington Post:
Inside Trump Tower: The defiant and insulated Republican nominee  —  ST. LOUIS — He beamed in just after midnight Saturday like a captive in his own gilded cage.  A man who demands the best of everything was speaking to America from a dimly lit, home-built studio against a fake backdrop …
Associated Press:
Leaked Campaign Emails Show ‘Moderate’ Side of Clinton  —  Hillary Clinton took nearly every precaution to ensure voters would never know what she told investment bankers, lobbyists and corporate executives in dozens of closed-door paid speeches before running for president.
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC halts Victory project work for Trump  —  POLITICO obtains email sent to vendors to ‘hold/stop’ all mail program efforts.  —  The Republican National Committee on Saturday appeared to at least temporarily halt the operations of some of the “Victory” program that is devoted to electing Donald Trump.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
How McCain finally decided he couldn't stomach Trump anymore  —  Donald Trump criticized John McCain last year for being a prisoner of war and for not doing enough for veterans, then attacked a Gold Star family this summer.  McCain criticized Trump at each turn, but stuck by his pledges to support the Republican nominee.
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
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John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Just Lost The Election
Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed:
“The Apprentice” Under Pressure To Release Unaired Trump Footage  —  Your move, Mark Burnett.  —  Pressure is building on The Apprentice producers to release unaired raw footage of the show after Friday's release of a 2005 hot mic video of Donald Trump apparently bragging about sexually assaulting women …
Discussion: Independent Journal Review and Vox
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Exclusive poll: GOP voters want the party to stand by Trump  —  A wave of Republican officials abandoned Donald Trump on Saturday, but, at least for now, rank-and-file Republicans are standing by the party's presidential candidate, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted immediately …
Discussion: The Week
Desert Sun:
Two slain police officers identified in Palm Springs shooting  —  (Oct. 8, 2016) Gabby Ferriera/The Desert Sun  —  Two police officers were killed and one was wounded in a shooting in Palm Springs on Saturday, plunging the community into mourning as police searched for the suspect.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WOW!  CROWDS THRONG To Trump Tower — NYPD CHEERS TRUMP ON LOUD SPEAKER!  (VIDEO)  —  Guest post by Tom Franklin at American Lookout:  —  In the wake of the Trump tapes, some RINOs have backed away from Trump.  They wanted to, anyway.  Now they think they have an excuse.  —  But the people aren't having it.
 
 
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Kellyanne Conway's Political Machinations
Discussion: Mediaite
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Unfit  —  There are many reasons why Donald Trump should not …
Dustin Moskovitz:
Additional Contributions in the 2016 Election Cycle
Discussion: Politico
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
GOP mega-donors Robert and Rebekah Mercer stand by Trump
Discussion: The Daily Caller and BizPac Review
New York Times:
How U.S. Torture Left Legacy of Damaged Minds
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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Evangelical leaders stick with Trump, focus on defeating Clinton
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The Bottom Could Fall Out For Trump
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How Donald Trump Could Send Republicans Crashing Down
 

 
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